Milwaukee Local News

The state Justice Department is bracing for tens of thousands more DNA samples expected to flow into its Madison crime lab next year when new collection requirements go into effect.

Put down that air freshener spray can. The Kohler Company is introducing a deodorizing toilet seat that it says eliminates embarrassing bathroom smells -- and the need for sprays to cover them up.

A Wisconsin company that processes Great Lakes fish for sale worldwide has been caught up in a federal investigation into the illegal trafficking of lake trout, lake sturgeon, whitefish and walleye.

A Wisconsin tradition got off to a safe start. Department of Natural Resources officials told reporters they had received no reports of accidental shootings or other injuries by mid-afternoon Saturday on the opener of the state's nine-day gun deer hunt.

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MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee police are continuing to investigate why a car fell from the Potawatomi Casino parking structure Saturday, trapping the driver upside down.

GREENDALE -- Flags near Broad Street and South Way in Greendale have been taken down for the winter.

MILWAUKEE -- In the wake of President Obama's actions on immigration, local immigrant right's group Voces de la Frontera wants to make sure undocumented immigrants in Wisconsin get the help they need to take advantage of the new immigration climate.

ELK GROVE, Wis. (AP) -- Officials say an Amish man has died after he was run over by a horse-drawn manure spreader in the southern Wisconsin town of Elk Grove.

UPDATE: The Silver Alert has now been cancelled.

MILWAUKEE -- A man has been pulled from his car by firefighters from the Milwaukee Fire Department after his car fell onto some scaffolding from a parking garage near Potawatomi Hotel and Casino.

GREEN BAY -- A weather record 85 years in the making fell on Friday in Green Bay.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Only about a third of American voters cast their ballots in this year's midterm elections -- the worst showing in at least five decades.

Alcohol may have been a factor in a deadly crash in the Town of Calamus.

A Wisconsin tradition is continuing as the state's nine-day gun deer hunt gets underway.

Milwaukee holiday parade always a hit, no matter the weather.

Milwaukee Sheriff's Department looking for wrong way driver.

A four-year-old girl has been selected to be the Grand Marshal of Waukesha's Christmas parade.

Long before the first Thanksgiving turkeys are defrosting, a group of Black Friday diehards is trying not to freeze.

The Warriors are looking for their first state title since 2007 on Friday in Madison.